鄧世昌”愛犬“相救真相 鄧世昌是一個什麼樣的人?
對於鄧世昌這個人大部分人都不會陌生,對於鄧世昌的那條狗,相信大部分學過歷史的人也不陌生。因為在讀書的時候,歷史老師教授近現代中國歷史關於甲午海戰的時候,絕對會提到鄧世昌這個和自己的戰艦一同殉國的將士。同樣的,在提到鄧世昌的死亡時,也一定會提到他養的那條”義犬“。
鄧世昌在下令戰艦沖向日軍戰艦,決定同歸於盡的時候,因為被魚雷擊中,最後半途沉沒。當鄧世昌落入海中之後,他養的那條愛犬”太陽“看見自己的主人落水,毅然決然的跳入海中,想要救回自己的主人。而在鄧世昌決定與戰艦共同沉沒之後,它也一同殉國。
這樣的事跡本來是一件極為讓人心酸,又發人深省的事情。但是近年來,對於這件事情的解讀,卻出現瞭一些不同的說法。
曾在北洋艦隊做教習的美籍軍官馬吉芬,在他所著的《the battle of the Yalu》中,對於鄧世昌的死亡,以及那條狗這樣寫道:”Captain Tang had a large dog of a most vicious temper, unruly at times even with his master。 Afterthe ship sank Captain Tang, who could not swim,managed to get to an oar or some small piece of wood— enough to have supported him had not his dog swum to him, and, climbing up on him, forced him to release his grasp and thus miserably drown, the brute sharing his fate — perhaps the only case on record of a man drowned by his dog。“